The Nashville Predators open the 2010 Preseason schedule at home tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes (7pm CT start). This is the first of six games for the Preds during the '10 preseason, including four games in five nights (Thursday - Monday, Sept. 23-27). Tonight also marks the start of Preds Fest 2010, a five-day series of fan-friendly events throughout the Nashville area (click here for full Preds Fest schedule).

Preds and Canes
The Preds and Carolina Hurricanes met once during the 2009-10 regular season, a 4-2 Preds win in Nashville on January 7. After the Hurricanes opened the scoring early in the first period, the Predators responded with four consecutive goals. J-P Dumont scored shorthanded with 6:15 left in the opening frame to tie game and Patric Hornqvist put the Preds ahead for good with a power-play tally at the 19:36 mark of Period 1. Steve Sullivan made the score 3-1 with 1:10 remaining in the second period, the eventual game-winning goal. Hornqvist added his second power-play goal of the night in the middle of the third period. Pekka Rinne made 25 saves in net for the win.

Nashville and Carolina also met twice last preseason. The road team won both contests, with the Preds picking up a 4-2 win in Raleigh on Sept. 18 and the Hurricanes posting a 5-2 win in Nashville on Sept. 26.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS 2010 PRESEASON SCHEDULE

Date

Opponent

Location

Time*

Wed., Sept. 15

Rookies at Florida

Saveology.com Iceplex (Coral Springs, FL)

6 pm

Thu., Sept. 16

Rookies at Florida

Saveology.com Iceplex (Coral Springs, FL)

11 am

Thu., Sept. 23

Carolina

Bridgestone Arena

7 pm

Fri., Sept. 24

at Carolina

RBC Center (Raleigh, NC)

6 pm

Sat., Sept. 25

Washington

Bridgestone Arena

7 pm

Mon., Sept. 27

Atlanta

Bridgestone Arena

7 pm

Wed., Sept. 29

at Atlanta

Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA)

6 pm

Sun., Oct. 3

at Washington

Verizon Center (Washington, DC)

11:30 am

*All times are Central.

2010 Training Camp
The Preds opened training camp last Friday (Sept. 17) at Centennial Sportsplex. Three intra-squad scrimmage games highlighted the first week of training camp: Team White d. Team Silver on Sunday, Team Blue d. Team Silver on Monday, Team Blue d. Team White on Tuesday. For the most up-to-date Training Camp information, including upcoming practice schedules, check out the Preds 2010 Training Camp Central.